Event Details

CANCELLED Kalamata Freedivers AIDA Pool Contest

CANCELLED Kalamata Freedivers AIDA Pool Contest

Start date: 2023-03-18
End date: 2023-03-19
Location: Kalamata Freedivers, Kalamata, Greece
Event Type: Pool Competition
Organizer: Nejc Likar
Additional info: Kalamata Freedivers AIDA Pool Contest is a pool competition organized in the beautiful open-door pool in Kalamata, Greece. The event will be a two day competition with all three dynamic disciplines (DYN, DNF, DYNB) and static (STA). You can compete in all the disciplines. The depth of the 50m pool is 2m and with a temperature around 26°C. The static discipline will be run in a part of the pool with adapted depth (1.2m).
Disciplines: STA DNF DYN DYNB
Safety Qualifications: Head of the safety team is Nejc Likar, freediving instructor from several agencies (AIDA, AA, SSI), experienced in organizing freediving competitions (pool & depth) since 2019. The assembled safety team are experienced AIDA instructors, who participated in several international competitions (pool & depth) as safety divers.
Safety plan: The medical coverage of the event will be in cooperation with the Kalamata General Hospital and EKAB (Hellenic Centre for Emergency Assistance) which will provide ambulance and medical staff for immediate patient transfer to the hospital in case of a problem. There will be trained paramedic or nurse on standby on location at the competition site to provide initial medical support in case of emergency with O2 available, demand + freeflow.
Pool size: 50m
Maximum pool depth: 2m
Minimum pool depth: 2m
Main Judge: Nikolaos Gkagkanis
Other Jury Members: Nejc Likar, Mariya Nikolova, Eleni Tsigka
Assistant Judges: -